US Plant Patent PP9157
Merihoney
Geranium plant named "Merihoney"
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired March 24, 2014. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.
The record
- Patent number
- PP9157
- Filed
- March 24, 1994
- Granted
- June 6, 1995
- Expires
- March 24, 2014
- Assignee
- ENTHOVEN BREEDING B V
- Inventor
- ENTHOVEN ADRIANUS W M
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of geranium named Merihoney, particularly characterized by the combined features of single red flowers, asymmetric flower buds, large inflorescence with many open flowers; relatively long and dark red pedicels; compact plant growth habit; dark green foliage with a light zone on the upper side; leaf margins that are double crenated and slightly incised; flowering is early and uniform and the flowers are strongly rain resistant.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of geranium plant named Merihoney, as illustrated and described.
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